Definition of Cyberbullying: When some one is mistreated in a harsh and/or mean way with technology
10 Cyberbullying Statistics Chait, Jennifer. "Cyber Bullying Statistics | LoveToKnow." Safety Tips | Avoiding Danger. Web. 26 Sept. 2011. <http://safety.lovetoknow.com/Cyber_Bullying_Statistics>. 1)33 percent of youth have been victimized by cyber bullying. 2)Among this percentage, being ignored and disrespected were the most common forms of cyber bullying. 3)The primary cyber bullying location where victimizing occurs is in chat rooms (56 percent). 4)Following chat rooms, 49 percent are victimized via instant message and 28 percent via e-mail. 5)34 percent of youth who are bullied feel frustrated, 30 percent angry and 22 percent feel sad. 6)41 percent of victims do not tell anyone in their off-screen lives about their abuse, but 38 percent did tell an online friend. 7)The situation only improved for 19 percent of victims when they did tell someone about the bullying. 8)17 percent admitted to bullying another individual online. 9)Of the offenders interviewed most considered it fun or instructive; such as a way to strengthen their victims. 10)Oddly, because many studies show that females often deal with harder situations by becoming sad, this particular study suggests that females feel much angrier than males about being cyber-bullied.
Real Life Example "BBC NEWS | UK | England | Nottinghamshire | Cyber Bullies Target Girl." BBC News - Home. Web. 27 Sept. 2011. <http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/nottinghamshire/2933894.stm>. - Jodi Plumb - Age 15 - Lived in Mansfield Nottinghamshire - Some kids made a web site all about Jodi - Bullies names are unknown and/or not shown on the link above - People could and did post things to directly attack her online where any one could see the things said and the pictures of her - Her mom became upset and told the school - A well defined no bullying policy was how the school defended it's self - The site is no longer online
Measures A Parent Could Take To Help Prevent Cyberbullying "Stop Cyber Bullying | 10 Ways Parents Can Help Stop Cyberbullyies." Cyber Bullying Alert | CyberBullying Prevention Software | Internet Harassment. Web. 27 Sept. 2011. <http://www.cyberbullyalert.com/blog/2008/07/10-ways-parents-can-help-stop-cyberbullying/>. - Talk to the school about bullying policies - If your kid is expecting an e-mail to be from a cyber tell them they should not open the e-mail at all and to put them in the trash right away - Make sure your kid knows how to filter and block people who can use the chat box to talk to them in hurtful ways - If your child wants to see/ meet some one they met online tell them that people can lie very easily online and appear as any one they want to be. Also make sure to tell them it's not always safe to meet a stranger you met over the internet. - Monitor closely what your kids are doing when they are online. - Some way you can monitor what your kids are doing online is to have certin times when they can be on and to not allow them to have their computers in their room. - Your kids need to know to NEVER share their any passwords with anyone except for you if you want it. - Be awear of the waring signs of cyber bullying. - Some signs include spending much more time on the internet, they become more solitary and don't want to hang out with theirs friends or groups of people anymore, and depression. - Be willing and able to contact the police or the proper authorities if you have the evidence or have to.
Negative Effects Bullying Can Have on Adolescents "What Are the Effects of Bullying?" Parent's Guide To Child Safety. Web. 29 Sept. 2011. <http://www.mychildsafety.net/effects-of-bullying.html>. - Dropping out of school - Alcohol - Stealing - Drugs - Fighting - Smoking - Become anti-social - Vandalism "Bullying - Effect of Bullying." PTSD - PTSD Symptoms, Diagnosis and Treatment. Web. 29 Sept. 2011. <http://ptsd.about.com/od/causesanddevelopment/a/Bullying.htm>.- Depression- Avoiding social places - Shy- Lonely- Insecure
How Cyberbullying Takes Place out side of school"Methods of Cyberbullying." Welcome to Leo Burke Academy's Homepage. Web. 30 Sept. 2011. <http://www.lba.k12.nf.ca/cyberbullying/methods.htm>.- Over email - Text messaging- Chat rooms websites- Bulletins online - Web sites can be created How to Tell If Your Kid is Being CyberbulliedPoremba, Sue Marquette. "Is Your Child Being Cyberbullied? Here's How to Tell ... and What to Do About It | Facebook & Twitter | Cellphones & Text Messaging | Facebook & Twitter | Cellphones & Text Messaging | SecurityNewsDaily." Daily Security News Protecting Home, Internet & Identity Theft | Internet Virus & Scams, Spam Filtering | SecurityNewsDaily. Web. 30 Sept. 2011. <http://www.securitynewsdaily.com/cyberbullying-signs-solutions-1086/>.- Dramatic change in the amount of time spent with electronics- Seem up set or out of it after they were on online or their phone- Want to shut social online accounts down- Avoid social places- Blocking people- Lots of new numbers and people appear on their ecltronics- Act out more How to Talk to Your Kids About Cyberbullying"Cyberbullying: How to Talk to Your Kids - ABC News." ABCNews.com: Daily News, Breaking News and Video Broadcasts - ABC News. Web. 30 Sept. 2011. <http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/Parenting/cyberbullying-talk-kids/story?id=9685111>.- Tell your kids to talk to someone about it as soon as it starts- Tell them not to react - If they are being cyberbullied help them with the pain they are facing- Help your kids block people - Make sure they report it not matter to who it's happening Rules to Prevent Cyberbullying"Cyber Bullying Law Policies | Laws Against Internet CyberBullying." Cyber Bullying Alert | CyberBullying Prevention Software | Internet Harassment. Web. 30 Sept. 2011. <http://www.cyberbullyalert.com/blog/2008/10/cyber-bullying-state-laws-and-policies/>.- In 2006 Idioh passed a law that says a school official can suspend a kid for cyberbullying- In New York they made a system to help police and school officials take action- Iowa has made lots of laws that have schools have systems and ways to help kids being bullied Addressing Cyberbullying"Tools for the TEKS: Integrating Technology in the Classroom." Web. 30 Sept. 2011. <http://www.wtvi.com/teks/06_07_articles/cyberbullying.html>.- You can ask the school to run programs- Assist in programs that address the issues- Recommend to the school to take survays regularly to see if they are understanding the programs and problems with bullying in any way Laws Dealing With Bullying/ CyberbullyingBullyPolice.org. Web. 03 Oct. 2011. <http://bullypolice.org>.- Florida: Laws say any kind of harassment to anyone (students or worker) is forbidden in public K-12 schools.- Washington: Students are to have a safe environment to learn in.- That law is saying that harassment, intimidation, and bullying disrupts the learning envoirment
Definition of Cyberbullying: When some one is mistreated in a harsh and/or mean way with technology
10 Cyberbullying Statistics
Chait, Jennifer. "Cyber Bullying Statistics | LoveToKnow." Safety Tips | Avoiding Danger. Web. 26 Sept. 2011. <http://safety.lovetoknow.com/Cyber_Bullying_Statistics>.
1)33 percent of youth have been victimized by cyber bullying.
2)Among this percentage, being ignored and disrespected were the most common forms of cyber bullying.
3)The primary cyber bullying location where victimizing occurs is in chat rooms (56 percent).
4)Following chat rooms, 49 percent are victimized via instant message and 28 percent via e-mail.
5)34 percent of youth who are bullied feel frustrated, 30 percent angry and 22 percent feel sad.
6)41 percent of victims do not tell anyone in their off-screen lives about their abuse, but 38 percent did tell an online friend.
7)The situation only improved for 19 percent of victims when they did tell someone about the bullying.
8)17 percent admitted to bullying another individual online.
9)Of the offenders interviewed most considered it fun or instructive; such as a way to strengthen their victims.
10)Oddly, because many studies show that females often deal with harder situations by becoming sad, this particular study suggests that females feel much angrier than males about being cyber-bullied.
Real Life Example
"BBC NEWS | UK | England | Nottinghamshire | Cyber Bullies Target Girl." BBC News - Home. Web. 27 Sept. 2011. <http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/nottinghamshire/2933894.stm>.
- Jodi Plumb
- Age 15
- Lived in Mansfield Nottinghamshire
- Some kids made a web site all about Jodi
- Bullies names are unknown and/or not shown on the link above
- People could and did post things to directly attack her online where any one could see the things said and the pictures of her
- Her mom became upset and told the school
- A well defined no bullying policy was how the school defended it's self
- The site is no longer online
Measures A Parent Could Take To Help Prevent Cyberbullying
"Stop Cyber Bullying | 10 Ways Parents Can Help Stop Cyberbullyies." Cyber Bullying Alert | CyberBullying Prevention Software | Internet Harassment. Web. 27 Sept. 2011. <http://www.cyberbullyalert.com/blog/2008/07/10-ways-parents-can-help-stop-cyberbullying/>.
- Talk to the school about bullying policies
- If your kid is expecting an e-mail to be from a cyber tell them they should not open the e-mail at all and to put them in the trash right away
- Make sure your kid knows how to filter and block people who can use the chat box to talk to them in hurtful ways
- If your child wants to see/ meet some one they met online tell them that people can lie very easily online and appear as any one they want to be. Also make sure to tell them it's not always safe to meet a stranger you met over the internet.
- Monitor closely what your kids are doing when they are online.
- Some way you can monitor what your kids are doing online is to have certin times when they can be on and to not allow them to have their computers in their room.
- Your kids need to know to NEVER share their any passwords with anyone except for you if you want it.
- Be awear of the waring signs of cyber bullying.
- Some signs include spending much more time on the internet, they become more solitary and don't want to hang out with theirs friends or groups of people anymore, and depression.
- Be willing and able to contact the police or the proper authorities if you have the evidence or have to.
Negative Effects Bullying Can Have on Adolescents
"What Are the Effects of Bullying?" Parent's Guide To Child Safety. Web. 29 Sept. 2011. <http://www.mychildsafety.net/effects-of-bullying.html>.
- Dropping out of school
- Alcohol
- Stealing
- Drugs
- Fighting
- Smoking
- Become anti-social
- Vandalism
"Bullying - Effect of Bullying." PTSD - PTSD Symptoms, Diagnosis and Treatment. Web. 29 Sept. 2011. <http://ptsd.about.com/od/causesanddevelopment/a/Bullying.htm>.- Depression- Avoiding social places - Shy- Lonely- Insecure
How Cyberbullying Takes Place out side of school"Methods of Cyberbullying." Welcome to Leo Burke Academy's Homepage. Web. 30 Sept. 2011. <http://www.lba.k12.nf.ca/cyberbullying/methods.htm>.- Over email - Text messaging- Chat rooms websites- Bulletins online - Web sites can be created
How to Tell If Your Kid is Being CyberbulliedPoremba, Sue Marquette. "Is Your Child Being Cyberbullied? Here's How to Tell ... and What to Do About It | Facebook & Twitter | Cellphones & Text Messaging | Facebook & Twitter | Cellphones & Text Messaging | SecurityNewsDaily." Daily Security News Protecting Home, Internet & Identity Theft | Internet Virus & Scams, Spam Filtering | SecurityNewsDaily. Web. 30 Sept. 2011. <http://www.securitynewsdaily.com/cyberbullying-signs-solutions-1086/>.- Dramatic change in the amount of time spent with electronics- Seem up set or out of it after they were on online or their phone- Want to shut social online accounts down- Avoid social places- Blocking people- Lots of new numbers and people appear on their ecltronics- Act out more
How to Talk to Your Kids About Cyberbullying"Cyberbullying: How to Talk to Your Kids - ABC News." ABCNews.com: Daily News, Breaking News and Video Broadcasts - ABC News. Web. 30 Sept. 2011. <http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/Parenting/cyberbullying-talk-kids/story?id=9685111>.- Tell your kids to talk to someone about it as soon as it starts- Tell them not to react - If they are being cyberbullied help them with the pain they are facing- Help your kids block people - Make sure they report it not matter to who it's happening
Rules to Prevent Cyberbullying"Cyber Bullying Law Policies | Laws Against Internet CyberBullying." Cyber Bullying Alert | CyberBullying Prevention Software | Internet Harassment. Web. 30 Sept. 2011. <http://www.cyberbullyalert.com/blog/2008/10/cyber-bullying-state-laws-and-policies/>.- In 2006 Idioh passed a law that says a school official can suspend a kid for cyberbullying- In New York they made a system to help police and school officials take action- Iowa has made lots of laws that have schools have systems and ways to help kids being bullied
Addressing Cyberbullying"Tools for the TEKS: Integrating Technology in the Classroom." Web. 30 Sept. 2011. <http://www.wtvi.com/teks/06_07_articles/cyberbullying.html>.- You can ask the school to run programs- Assist in programs that address the issues- Recommend to the school to take survays regularly to see if they are understanding the programs and problems with bullying in any way
Laws Dealing With Bullying/ CyberbullyingBullyPolice.org. Web. 03 Oct. 2011. <http://bullypolice.org>.- Florida: Laws say any kind of harassment to anyone (students or worker) is forbidden in public K-12 schools.- Washington: Students are to have a safe environment to learn in.- That law is saying that harassment, intimidation, and bullying disrupts the learning envoirment